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I missed the cut for today, but my I snuck another 20m on my 30 minute distance this morning (before seeing your CTC exploits Dave) so it's looking quite healthy (temporarily....).

Thanks for the update as ever Rodger.

Wow, what happened there???
Mr. Haveman having “fun” with the hour of power
Congrats Jan, well done!

I gained a point with my 60 minutes SB last night (14782m from 14626m) - and dropped a place - gaah! Well done Jan though...

Still, that's 900 points which was my target and 4 in the green now. Hopefully I can get another 3 but I'm not sure I'll catch Mr B unless I pull a miracle score out of the bag somewhere...

Thanks Tako and David, the 60mins was an aborted PB attempt - it was just too hot last Sunday
My goal is to get everything nice and green (apart from the FM which I didn't do last year) and to get at least 910 points.
Also thanks to Rodger for doing this, it's a great way to track your progress!

JonT, Great HM and has sent you rocketing up the leaderboard

MaxMacLaren1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:44 am JonT, Great HM and has sent you rocketing up the leaderboard

Crikey! I knew the HM would help but hadn't realised by how much. It was a pretty horrid row to be honest, a real case of "I've started so I'll finish". I stuck with it because (a) I am stubborn and (b) I needed the distance for Dog Days.

In reality I think this is more about a poor time last year than a good one this year. I am miles off my PB of a few years back. But I'll take the points

I'm far too close to a sea of green not to go back and try to pick off the other events.

Put in a good HM Max and you will top the table

MaxMacLaren1 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:44 am JonT, Great HM and has sent you rocketing up the leaderboard

I nailed the 30 minutes today, making a big improvement so hopefully that red will be gone next time this runs.

Thanks Rodger!

On the back of this month's CTC I realised my 1K Nonathlon time was way off the pace. I put that right yesterday aiming for a 1:55 pace, improving on the 1:58 that I had previously. I felt good throughout and ended up with 1:49.8 . Apart from refereeing a Rugby match I had a complete weekend away from exercise and this type of rest often gives me my best results.

Next year is going to be a tough one on the Meta-nonathlon front.

Many thanks for keeping this going Rodger. I for one find it very motivating.

Jon, Well done, that is setting the bar pretty high

MaxMacLaren1 wrote:Jon, Well done, that is setting the bar pretty high

YES, I agree with Max here! High bar for us this year and higher bar for Jon next year

Thanks folks. More of a reflection of a poor year last year than anything. I agree, I need to enjoy the heady heights of the top of the table ahead of a plummet next year.

I'm out of action at the moment with a back issue at the moment, so it looks like I peaked just in time. Not sure if the back was caused by a flat-out IRL effort, hauling bags and bags of gravel around the garden or being floored "accidentally" by a rugby player when I was refereeing on Saturday. Anyway, I am off the erg at the moment, but I may venture out on the mountain bike tomorrow, and I am refereeing again Saturday. We'll see how the back gets on.

Dank je wel Rodger!

This table really motivates far more than the nonathlon on its own, as I have no chance on getting high up in their table, but in the meta version I can nicely compete against myself as well. Looks like I am getting closer to all green, but still lacking four PBs on the longer distances.

My thanks too Rodger, though next year is going to be painful!!